Cambio Announces Avista Communications' Purchase of Netrunner CMP Licenses and Professional Services.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000

Cambio, Inc. (OTCBB:CAMB) today announced the agreement to provide licenses of netRunner CMP(TM) and professional implementation services to Spokane, Washington based Avista Communications.

Avista Communications is a provider of local calling, transport, Internet, and collocation services solutions for commercial and residential customers. Cambio's netRunner CMP(TM) will be implemented as the Telecom Inventory and Provisioning solution for Avista.

Avista Communications, founded in 1998 as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), is a leading provider of facilities-based telecommunications solutions. Utilizing an advanced fiber-optic network and state-of-the-art switching technology, Avista Communications offers customers a choice in local dial tone, data transport, Internet access, and enhanced telecommunications solutions. Typical customers include businesses in under-served Tier 3 and 4 markets (populations under 500,000) throughout the Western United States. Avista Communications is a subsidiary of Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA), a diversified Fortune 500 energy company with utility and subsidiary operations located throughout North America. For more information, visit the Avista Communications website at www.avistacom.net

"Cambio's netRunner CMP(TM) offers a comprehensive solution to network inventory and management in a package that is easy to implement and maintain. It effectively displays information and will integrate well with our current systems. Utilizing Cambio's Professional Services, we plan to rapidly implement this significant asset to our OSS. Keeping information current is a critical part of our commitment to provide leading-edge technology, and state-of-the-art services to meet our customers' evolving communications needs," said Ken Brown, Vice President of Technology and Operations for Avista Communications.

"Cambio is excited to have been selected by Avista Communications, a major CLEC in the western U.S., to provide a comprehensive solution in network and inventory management, netRunner CMP(TM)," said Ali Al-Dahwi, President and CEO, Cambio. Mr. Al-Dahwi continued, "Cambio is dedicated to the success of netRunner CMP(TM) and our customers. We give great consideration and attention to the needs of our customers and growing strong relationships to ensure an integrated solution in which our customers' will reap the benefits."

netRunner Configuration Management/Provisioning(TM) is designed to directly improve the telecommunication's time to service metrics. Its end to end network modeling capabilities, ease of operations, bandwidth management, provisioning, and field operations allows users and managers to streamline workflow and manage network information accurately, assisting them in enhancing their capital utilization. netRunner CMP(TM) integrates to other applications such as HP's OpenView Communications/Service Assurance and Changengine. It runs on Windows 95/98(TM) or Windows NT(TM) operating systems and supports an industry standard relational database running on Windows or UNIX environments.

Cambio is a global leader in telecommunications infrastructure management systems. The company supplies software (netRunner.com(TM) family of products) and professional services for Operations Support Systems (OSS) of telecommunications and for general enterprise networks. Cambio's customers include major clients in the telecommunications industry and Fortune 100 financial institutions.

Cambio's headquarters is in Dallas, Texas; home office in El Paso, Texas; and supporting offices in Washington D.C.; Denver, Colo.; Boston, Mass.; London, United Kingdom; and Cairo, Egypt; with representative offices in Asia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and the Middle East (Cairo, Egypt).

netRunner CMP and netRunner.com are trademarks of Cambio, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Windows NT and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. OpenView and Changengine are trademarks of Hewlett Packard.

Except for the historical information, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could affect results include the mix of business between product and services; the type and size of customers doing business with the company and the structure of those transactions, their products and services requirements and the impact of timing of revenues relative to expenses; timely development, introduction and acceptance of new products and enhancements to existing products and evolving markets; expansion of the company's ability to consummate relationships with alliance partners; the impact of competitive announcements and products; the rate of growth of the market in which the company competes; acquisition activities and the ability to integrate acquired businesses successfully; the impact of changes in accounting standard; the effects and rate of change in standard platforms for telecommunications products; the risk associated with the year 2000 (Y2K); as well as the risk factors listed from time to time in the company's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports. The company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statement included in this news release.